Question

This inscription dates to about 2250 years ago and was found in Kandahar, present day Afghanistan.
It was inscribed on the orders of a ruler named Ashoka. When we write anything, we use a script.
Script consists of letters or signs. When we read what is written or speak we use a language. This
inscription was inscribed in two different scripts and languages, Greek(top) and Aramaic (below),
which were used in this area.



1.What type of dangers did they face?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription, (also Kandahar Edict of Ashoka, sometimes "Chehel Zina Edict"), is a famous bilingual edict in Greek and Aramaic, proclaimed and carved in stone by the Indian Maurya Empire ruler Ashoka (r.269-233 BCE) around 260 BCE. It is the very first known inscription of Ashoka, written in year 10 of his reign (260 BCE), preceding all other inscriptions, including his early Minor Rock Edicts, his Barabar caves inscriptions or his Major Rock Edicts.[2] This first inscription was written in Classical Greek and Aramaic exclusively. It was discovered in 1958,[1] during some excavation works below a 1m high layer of rubble,[3] and is known as KAI 279.